I don't think it's right. If it had happened 6 months ago sure. Ausiello's really, shall we say, flamboyant so I'm sure he enjoyed writing that headline even if it's not completely accurate.

Rosie O'Donnell was hired because the network knew she would make controversial comments on the air. Washington's comments were made "behind the scenes" and wouldn't be tolerated in most workplaces. If somebody working for me made that sort of remark, they'd be gone the same day -- not month's later.

If he was put in jail, i'd understand what you're complaining about. But if I went to my job and called someone a ***, I'D BE FIRED. As would most people on this board. Free speech doesn't mean saying whatever you want with no repercussions. He chose to make homophobic/hateful remarks to a co-worker, and his job said "Hey, you know what, we don't need that at our workplace, you're fired." What's the problem?

Company's can do whatever they want, but this goes right along with what I consider an insane level of attention on a person's words, rather than their actions. I guess I'm just the forgive and forget type of person...no need for rehab, no need for checks, just a sincere apology. That doesn't cut it in showbiz appearantly.

Didn't Washington make two big gaffes?

I think the saying is fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I would suggest there may have been more going on behind the scenes than has been made public.

If Washington said what he said in a fit of anger, but generally had good relationships with his fellow castmates and had made a genuine personal apology to T.R. Knight, probably nothing else would have happened. But his co-stars didn't exactly rally to his defense. I get the impression that several of them didn't want to work with Washington any more.

Horray! Finally some justice.

everyone saw this coming a mile way. there shouldn't be any suprise.

I am going to miss him on the show, but he made his bed so I don't feel bad for him personally.

Well I didn't say there wern't going to be any consequences, I guess I should have said it alittle better by saying that people get way to offended nowadays. I'm not saying people didn't complain & be offended back in the day but now it just seems more & more people are being a bunch of stuck up snobs.
I really didn't think it dipped ti'll season 9 personally, the Mark Greene dying ark was really well done I thought.

Yeah, that's probably the case.

Unfortunate to lose one of the few interesting characters left...let's hope they write Bailey back to prominence this season and give Christine that edge we all know she has. The remaining characters (now that Addison is moving on to her spin-off) have annoyed me for the most part.

I did see this coming, but I was hoping that Burke would have a much stronger exit.

GA's probably going to decline like most other shows like this. I don't expect it to improve--this makes it worse. Preston Burke as a character is really too good to throw away, but they've done it--and with Kate Walsh's exit, there's few characters left who aren't nauseating.

This is definitely a blow to the show. Will they bring Rees back? He might be good, but I don't think I'd like his character as much as Burke.

Maybe they'll bring Dr. Kahn over to Seattle Grace, but would she be as good without the rivalry with Burke?

Why is he, "Mad as hell"? I wonder if someone was giving him false hope in terms of keeping him around?

I'm not privvy to anything, but I'd say probably so. The false hope was in the contract negotiations and the open ended script. Plus the fact that the finale had him doing the majority of the heavy lifting acting wise. Reportedly Shonda Rimes was the one who called him and lowered the boom.

Was he not paid for his efforts? If so, he has nothing to complain about.

Sure, he's got something to complain about: Getting canned...

While he's certainly not the most popular guy on the GA set, this was just a shoddy way to do business. And you never know, one of the other GA cast members might get the "Washington Treatment" themselves.

Indeed. We in the gay mafia have already demanded Dempsey wear a dress for next season.

So is this official is or is TVGuide just guessing here?

It's official. Washington has done an interview about it.

a lot of people in this industry are gay. he had no business saying anything like this.

So what, if a lot of people in this industry weren't gay, it would have been okay? That's some really weird reasoning there.

I think it's case of "know your audience".

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